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1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place6th
OwnersKevin McClatchy
General managersCam Bonifay
ManagersGene Lamont
TelevisionWPGH-TV & WCWB-TV
Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 117th season of the franchise; the 112th in the National League. This was their 29th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 69–93.

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 102 60 .630 — 55‍–‍26 47‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs 90 73 .552 12½ 51‍–‍31 39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 .512 19 48‍–‍34 35‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 77 85 .475 25 39‍–‍42 38‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 74 88 .457 28 38‍–‍43 36‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 69 93 .426 33 40‍–‍40 29‍–‍53

Game log

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1998 Game Log (69–93)
April (11–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 1 @ Expos 4–0 Cordova (1–0) Perez — 31,220 1–0
2 April 2 @ Expos 4–3 Schmidt (1–0) Maddux Loiselle (1) 6,396 2–0
3 April 3 @ Mets 1–2 McMichael Peters (0–1) — 15,245 2–1
4 April 4 @ Mets 6–7 (13) Wendell Peters (0–2) — 17,633 2–2
5 April 5 @ Mets 0–7 Yoshii Silva (0–1) — 18,205 2–3
6 April 6 @ Mets 4–2 Cordova (2–0) Jones Loiselle (2) 13,528 3–3
7 April 7 Braves 3–11 Glavine Schmidt (1–1) — 43,268 3–4
8 April 8 Braves 5–3 Loaiza (1–0) Neagle Loiselle (3) 11,254 4–4
9 April 9 Braves 3–4 Millwood Lieber (0–1) Wohlers 9,560 4–5
10 April 10 Marlins 4–1 Silva (1–1) Meadows Loiselle (4) 16,561 5–5
11 April 11 Marlins 7–6 (10) Loiselle (1–0) Powell — 19,920 6–5
12 April 12 Marlins 7–3 Schmidt (2–1) Medina — 12,203 7–5
13 April 13 Marlins 2–7 Larkin Loaiza (1–1) — 10,938 7–6
14 April 14 @ Braves 0–6 Millwood Lieber (0–2) — 31,259 7–7
15 April 15 @ Braves 0–7 Maddux Silva (1–2) — 30,381 7–8
16 April 16 @ Braves 1–3 Smoltz Cordova (2–1) Wohlers 35,760 7–9
17 April 17 Padres 5–7 Boehringer Tabaka (0–1) Hoffman 12,555 7–10
18 April 18 Padres 5–7 (10) Miceli Loiselle (1–1) Hoffman 14,728 7–11
19 April 21 Giants 3–6 Gardner Lieber (0–3) — 8,976 7–12
20 April 22 Giants 5–2 Silva (2–2) Darwin Loiselle (5) 11,367 8–12
21 April 23 Giants 7–0 Cordova (3–1) Estes — 9,899 9–12
22 April 24 @ Padres 4–2 Schmidt (3–1) Smith Rincon (1) 26,413 10–12
23 April 25 @ Padres 3–4 (16) Reyes Martinez (0–1) — 53,710 10–13
24 April 26 @ Padres 6–0 Lieber (1–3) Brown — 42,281 11–13
25 April 27 @ Giants 5–6 Nen Loiselle (1–2) — 10,127 11–14
26 April 28 @ Giants 1–2 Estes Cordova (3–2) Nen 11,551 11–15
27 April 30 Dodgers 6–14 Clontz Dessens (0–1) — 9,728 11–16
May (15–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
28 May 1 Dodgers 5–4 Tabaka (1–1) Dreifort Loiselle (6) 15,491 12–16
29 May 2 Dodgers 4–5 Martinez Lieber (1–4) Radinsky 22,629 12–17
30 May 3 Dodgers 5–10 Park Silva (2–3) — 18,674 12–18
31 May 5 Cardinals 5–2 Cordova (4–2) Mercker Loiselle (7) 10,329 13–18
32 May 6 Cardinals 5–0 Schmidt (4–1) Stottlemyre — 12,051 14–18
33 May 7 Reds 8–7 Dessens (1–1) Belinda Loiselle (8) 8,400 15–18
34 May 8 Reds 3–5 (10) Belinda Rincon (0–1) Shaw 13,848 15–19
35 May 9 Reds 6–1 Silva (3–3) Winchester Peters (1) 27,185 16–19
36 May 10 Reds 3–4 (12) Belinda Loiselle (1–3) — 19,507 16–20
37 May 11 Rockies 5–2 Schmidt (5–1) Ritz — 9,498 17–20
38 May 12 Rockies 6–0 Loaiza (2–1) Wright — 12,954 18–20
39 May 13 @ Astros 0–1 Hampton Lieber (1–5) Wagner 14,239 18–21
40 May 14 @ Astros 7–2 Silva (4–3) Schourek — 16,123 19–21
41 May 15 @ Diamondbacks 1–6 Suppan Cordova (4–3) — 43,584 19–22
42 May 16 @ Diamondbacks 6–3 Schmidt (6–1) Anderson Loiselle (9) 48,167 20–22
43 May 17 @ Diamondbacks 2–8 Benes Loaiza (2–2) — 44,014 20–23
44 May 18 @ Diamondbacks 2–9 Blair Lieber (1–6) — 41,465 20–24
45 May 19 Padres 3–0 Silva (5–3) Hamilton Loiselle (10) 10,493 21–24
46 May 20 Padres 5–2 Cordova (5–3) Ashby Loiselle (11) — 22–24
47 May 20 Padres 3–8 Hitchcock Peters (0–3) — 17,248 22–25
48 May 21 Padres 3–2 Schmidt (7–1) Brown Rincon (2) 10,222 23–25
49 May 22 @ Marlins 1–3 Hernandez Loaiza (2–3) — 22,057 23–26
50 May 23 @ Marlins 10–4 Lieber (2–6) Fontenot Rincon (3) 30,499 24–26
51 May 24 @ Marlins 3–4 Powell Christiansen (0–1) — 16,972 24–27
52 May 26 @ Brewers 2–3 Myers Loiselle (1–4) — 12,272 24–28
53 May 27 @ Brewers 2–3 (10) Woodall Rincon (0–2) — 10,274 24–29
54 May 29 Expos 1–4 Perez Lieber (2–7) Urbina 17,053 24–30
55 May 30 Expos 8–7 Christiansen (1–1) Urbina — 38,149 25–30
56 May 31 Expos 9–4 Cordova (6–3) Batista — 24,718 26–30
June (13–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
57 June 1 Mets 4–3 Schmidt (8–1) Mlicki Rincon (4) 11,274 27–30
58 June 2 Mets 5–2 Peters (1–3) Bohanon Rincon (5) 9,040 28–30
59 June 3 Mets 3–0 Lieber (3–7) Reed Christiansen (1) 17,691 29–30
60 June 5 Twins 6–1 Silva (6–3) Morgan — 28,446 30–30
61 June 6 Twins 4–3 (12) Loaiza (3–3) Aguilera — 19,809 31–30
62 June 7 Twins 2–3 Serafini Schmidt (8–2) Aguilera 32,773 31–31
63 June 8 @ Indians 0–8 Colon Peters (1–4) — 43,068 31–32
64 June 9 @ Indians 7–4 Lieber (4–7) Morman Rincon (6) 41,762 32–32
65 June 10 @ Indians 4–3 (11) Loaiza (4–3) Mesa Loiselle (12) 43,101 33–32
66 June 12 Brewers 2–4 Karl Cordova (6–4) Wickman 16,851 33–33
67 June 13 Brewers 1–8 Juden Schmidt (8–3) — 28,945 33–34
68 June 14 Brewers 7–2 Peters (2–4) Woodard — 23,755 34–34
69 June 15 @ Phillies 1–2 Beech Lieber (4–8) Leiter 14,411 34–35
70 June 16 @ Phillies 7–8 Dodd Loiselle (1–5) — 24,615 34–36
71 June 17 @ Phillies 1–3 Schilling Cordova (6–5) — 25,694 34–37
72 June 18 @ Brewers 1–0 Dessens (2–1) Jones Rincon (7) 14,774 35–37
73 June 19 @ Brewers 1–2 Woodard Peters (2–5) Wickman 20,935 35–38
74 June 20 @ Brewers 4–2 Lieber (5–8) Eldred Rincon (8) 28,556 36–38
75 June 21 @ Brewers 8–7 Loaiza (5–3) Juden Rincon (9) 22,338 37–38
76 June 22 White Sox 4–5 Castillo Dessens (2–2) Karchner 21,531 37–39
77 June 23 White Sox 4–5 Sirotka Schmidt (8–4) Karchner 20,310 37–40
78 June 24 @ Royals 10–3 Peters (3–5) Rusch — 18,007 38–40
79 June 25 @ Royals 1–6 Belcher Lieber (5–9) — 22,504 38–41
80 June 26 @ Dodgers 2–5 Park Loaiza (5–4) Osuna 52,934 38–42
81 June 27 @ Dodgers 0–2 Valdez Cordova (6–6) — 37,821 38–43
82 June 28 @ Dodgers 6–4 Williams (1–0) Radinsky Loiselle (13) 38,865 39–43
83 June 30 Tigers 0–3 Moehler Lieber (5–10) — 11,760 39–44
July (11–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
84 July 1 Tigers 1–9 Greisinger Peters (3–6) — 18,957 39–45
85 July 2 Tigers 5–2 Loaiza (6–4) Powell Loiselle (14) 34,594 40–45
86 July 3 @ Cubs 9–12 Tapani Cordova (6–7) Beck 40,420 40–46
87 July 4 @ Cubs 4–5 Pisciotta Schmidt (8–5) Beck 37,780 40–47
88 July 5 @ Cubs 6–7 Stevens Loiselle (1–6) Beck 38,742 40–48
89 July 10 Phillies 6–7 Schilling Cordova (6–8) — 18,665 40–49
90 July 11 Phillies 0–1 Portugal Loiselle (1–7) Leiter 30,084 40–50
91 July 12 Phillies 4–10 Loewer Loaiza (6–5) — 34,144 40–51
92 July 13 Cubs 6–2 Lieber (6–10) Gonzalez — 11,772 41–51
93 July 14 Cubs 4–7 Tapani Peters (3–7) Beck 13,405 41–52
94 July 15 Cubs 3–0 Cordova (7–8) Wood Rincon (10) 28,655 42–52
95 July 16 @ Expos 5–10 Pavano Schmidt (8–6) Maddux 8,558 42–53
96 July 17 @ Expos 5–1 Williams (2–0) Vazquez Christiansen (2) 9,380 43–53
97 July 18 @ Expos 5–2 Lieber (7–10) Boskie — 11,499 44–53
98 July 19 @ Expos 6–1 Peters (4–7) Hermanson — 17,558 45–53
99 July 20 @ Mets 3–1 Cordova (8–8) Yoshii Rincon (11) 18,088 46–53
100 July 21 @ Mets 0–4 Reed Schmidt (8–7) — 22,844 46–54
101 July 22 Marlins 6–4 Van Poppel (1–0) Dempster Christiansen (3) 13,544 47–54
102 July 23 Marlins 9–1 Lieber (8–10) Meadows — 11,374 48–54
103 July 24 Braves 0–3 Smoltz Peters (4–8) — 24,776 48–55
104 July 25 Braves 4–1 Cordova (9–8) Neagle Christiansen (4) 41,568 49–55
105 July 26 Braves 1–2 Maddux Schmidt (8–8) Ligtenberg 34,925 49–56
106 July 27 @ Rockies 7–8 (13) Leskanic McCurry (0–1) — 46,024 49–57
107 July 28 @ Rockies 6–12 Astacio Lieber (8–11) — 46,856 49–58
108 July 29 @ Rockies 12–1 Peters (5–8) Kile — 47,411 50–58
109 July 31 Astros 4–7 Hampton Cordova (9–9) Henry 32,476 50–59
August (14–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
110 August 1 Astros 1–2 Lima Williams (2–1) — 19,783 50–60
111 August 2 Astros 2–6 Johnson Christiansen (1–2) Elarton 21,201 50–61
112 August 3 Rockies 2–7 Jones Lieber (8–12) — 11,204 50–62
113 August 4 Rockies 13–5 Christiansen (2–2) Kile — 15,784 51–62
114 August 5 Rockies 2–6 Wright Cordova (9–10) — 12,862 51–63
115 August 6 Rockies 1–5 Thomson Schmidt (8–9) — 14,060 51–64
116 August 7 @ Dodgers 1–3 Bohanon Van Poppel (1–1) Shaw 41,676 51–65
117 August 8 @ Dodgers 1–2 Osuna Christiansen (2–3) — 45,187 51–66
118 August 9 @ Dodgers 2–1 Peters (6–8) Park Rincon (12) 43,227 52–66
119 August 11 @ Reds 7–0 Cordova (10–10) Tomko — 16,399 53–66
120 August 12 @ Reds 5–4 Schmidt (9–9) Remlinger Rincon (13) 16,946 54–66
121 August 13 @ Reds 9–6 McCurry (1–1) Harnisch Rincon (14) 16,002 55–66
122 August 14 @ Cardinals 5–10 Osborne Lieber (8–13) — 47,836 55–67
123 August 15 @ Cardinals 7–8 (12) Painter McCurry (1–2) — 46,817 55–68
124 August 16 @ Cardinals 4–1 Cordova (11–10) Morris Lieber (1) 46,904 56–68
125 August 18 Dodgers 6–4 Schmidt (10–9) Perez Loiselle (15) 12,730 57–68
126 August 19 Dodgers 6–5 Williams (3–1) Bohanon Christiansen (5) 27,259 58–68
127 August 20 Reds 6–5 Christiansen (3–3) Graves — 13,137 59–68
128 August 21 Reds 14–2 Peters (7–8) Tomko — 17,007 60–68
129 August 22 Cardinals 14–4 Cordova (12–10) Witt — 45,082 61–68
130 August 23 Cardinals 4–3 Schmidt (11–9) Mercker Christiansen (6) 42,134 62–68
131 August 24 Cardinals 5–5 (7) — — — 28,435 62–68
132 August 25 @ Diamondbacks 9–6 Lawrence (1–0) Sodowsky Loiselle (16) 38,960 63–68
133 August 26 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Tabaka (2–1) Daal Loiselle (17) 39,906 64–68
134 August 28 @ Astros 0–2 Johnson Cordova (12–11) — 40,709 64–69
135 August 29 @ Astros 3–6 Lima Schmidt (11–10) Powell 41,762 64–70
136 August 30 @ Astros 4–11 Reynolds McCurry (1–3) — 25,342 64–71
September (5–22)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 1 Diamondbacks 3–4 Daal Peters (7–9) Olson 11,427 64–72
138 September 2 Diamondbacks 1–2 (11) Small Tabaka (2–2) Olson 12,010 64–73
139 September 3 Diamondbacks 0–1 Anderson Cordova (12–12) — 8,610 64–74
140 September 4 Cubs 2–5 Karchner Williams (3–2) Beck 36,510 64–75
141 September 5 Cubs 4–8 Tapani Lawrence (1–1) Beck 37,711 64–76
142 September 6 Cubs 4–3 (10) Loiselle (2–7) Stevens — 22,209 65–76
143 September 7 Brewers 3–6 Roque Dessens (2–3) Wickman 12,830 65–77
144 September 8 Brewers 8–7 Williams (4–2) Plunk Loiselle (18) 7,171 66–77
145 September 9 @ Cubs 2–4 Clark Schmidt (11–11) Beck 34,857 66–78
146 September 10 @ Cubs 2–5 Tapani Silva (6–4) Beck 38,722 66–79
147 September 11 @ Phillies 6–1 Peters (8–9) Loewer — 16,597 67–79
148 September 12 @ Phillies 4–13 Portugal Dessens (2–4) — 19,329 67–80
149 September 13 @ Phillies 1–4 Byrd Cordova (12–13) Leiter 19,662 67–81
150 September 14 @ Cardinals 3–7 Jimenez Schmidt (11–12) — 42,265 67–82
151 September 15 @ Cardinals 8–6 Lawrence (2–1) Osborne Loiselle (19) — 68–82
152 September 15 @ Cardinals 3–9 Aybar Silva (6–5) Acevedo 41,271 68–83
153 September 16 @ Cardinals 0–4 Morris Van Poppel (1–2) — 39,758 68–84
154 September 18 Astros 2–5 Johnson Dessens (2–5) Powell 16,937 68–85
155 September 19 Astros 7–1 Cordova (13–13) Lima — 20,670 69–85
156 September 20 Astros 0–2 Reynolds Schmidt (11–13) Wagner 23,657 69–86
157 September 21 @ Giants 1–8 Hershiser Silva (6–6) — 15,695 69–87
158 September 22 @ Giants 2–14 Rueter Lieber (8–14) — 16,228 69–88
159 September 23 @ Giants 1–4 Gardner Peters (8–10) Nen 13,915 69–89
160 September 24 @ Giants 2–6 Ortiz Dessens (2–6) — 16,754 69–90
161 September 25 @ Reds 1–4 Bere Cordova (13–14) Graves 17,429 69–91
162 September 26 @ Reds 2–6 Harnisch Schmidt (11–14) White 19,391 69–92
163 September 27 @ Reds 1–4 Tomko Silva (6–7) — 19,360 69–93
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

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1998 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 1–8 5–7 4–5 6–6 6–2 4–5 4–8 6–3 2–7 4–5 2–7 6–3 3–9 5–7 2–7 5–8
Atlanta 8–1 — 3–6 7–2 5–3 7–5 4–5 8–1 7–2 6–6 9–3 8–4 7–2 5–4 7–2 6–3 9–7
Chicago 7–5 6–3 — 6–5 7–2 7–2 4–7 4–5 6–6 7–2 4–5 3–6 8–3 5–4 7–3 4–7 5–8
Cincinnati 5–4 2–7 5–6 — 4–5 9–0 3–8 5–4 6–5 8–1 3–6 4–5 5–7 1–11 2–7 8–3 7-6
Colorado 6–6 3–5 2–7 5–4 — 6–3 6–5 6–6 4–7 7–2 3–6 5–4 5–4 5–7 7–5 3–6 4–8
Florida 2–6 5–7 2–7 0–9 3–6 — 3–6 4–5 0–9 5–7 5–7 6–6 3–6 4–5 0–9 4–5 8–8
Houston 5–4 5–4 7–4 8–3 5–6 6-3 — 3–6 9–2 7–2 5–4 7–2 9–2 5–4 6–3 5–7 10–4
Los Angeles 8–4 1–8 5–4 4–5 6–6 5–4 6–3 — 5–4 5–4 3–5 5–4 7–5 5–7 6–6 4–5 8–5
Milwaukee 3–6 2–7 6–6 5–6 7–4 9–0 2–9 4–5 — 6–3 1–8 4–5 6–5 3–6 5–4 3–8 8–6
Montreal 7–2 6–6 2–7 1–8 2–7 7–5 2–7 4–5 3–6 — 8–4 5–7 2–7 4–4 3–6 3–6 6–10
New York 5–4 3–9 5–4 6–3 6–3 7–5 4–5 5–3 8–1 4–8 — 8–4 4–5 4–5 4–5 6–3 9–7
Philadelphia 7-2 4–8 6–3 5–4 4–5 6–6 2–7 4–5 5–4 7–5 4–8 — 8–1 1–8 2–6 3–6 7–9
Pittsburgh 3–6 2–7 3–8 7–5 4–5 6–3 2–9 5–7 5–6 7–2 5–4 1–8 — 5–4 2–7 6–5 6–7
San Diego 9–3 4–5 4–5 11–1 7–5 5–4 4–5 7–5 6–3 4–4 5–4 8–1 4–5 — 8–4 6–3 6–7
San Francisco 7–5 2–7 3–7 7–2 5–7 9–0 3–6 6–6 4–5 6–3 5–4 6–2 7–2 4–8 — 7–5 8–5
St. Louis 7–2 3–6 7–4 3–8 6–3 5-4 7–5 5–4 8–3 6–3 3–6 6–3 5–6 3–6 5–7 — 4–9


Detailed records

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Roster

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1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
5 Tony Womack 2B
18 Jason Kendall C
28 Al Martin LF
29 Kevin Young 1B
46 Jermaine Allensworth CF
11 José Guillén RF
14 Freddy García 3B
6 Lou Collier SS
67 Francisco Córdova SP

Player stats

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Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

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1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Notable transactions

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Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Trent Jewett
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Jeff Banister
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Jeff Richardson and Jeff Livesey
A Augusta Greenjackets South Atlantic League Marty Brown
A-Short Season Erie SeaWolves New York–Penn League Tracy Woodson
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

References

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  1. ^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  2. ^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  3. ^ Esteban Loaiza page at Baseball Reference
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